Electrically-operated windlass and the like



July 26, 1932. A

H. A. PECK 1,869,223

ELECTRICALLY OPERATED WINDLASS AND THE LIKE Original Filed Ju1y 11, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l July 26, 1932. H. A. PECK 1,869,223

ELECTRICALLY OPERATED WINDLASS AND THE LIKE Original Filed July ll, 1928 l 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 MM/#wh/ 'July 26, 1932. H. A. PECK 1,869,223

ELECTRICALLY OPERATD WINDLASS AND THE LIKE Original Filed July 11, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 l junirsn srarss Patented July 25, 1932 Hennen@ ALLEN Piron, y on GLENsIn-n, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIerNonV To f AMERICAN ENGINEERING COMPANY, on PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AconPoRATIoN QF PENlISYLVAlf-TA "nLnoTnIeALLY-oPnItA-Tnn wINnLAss AND Tnn LIxE Application tiled July 11, 1928, Serial No. 291,891. Renewed June 2, 1932.

rlhis invention relates to improvements in electrically-operated windlasses and like Inachines, and the principal object of the invention is to provide mechanism of this general class primarily adapted for use on boats and Vunder conditions where general appearance and compactness of Iorm are important considerations.

To this general end, the invention contemplates the provision of an electrically-operated windlass, gypsey or like mechanism which shall be exceptionally compact in form so as to occupy a minimum of space.

Another specific object ot the invention is to provide mechanism of the stated character in'which the electric motor shall be enclosed in a water-proof housing.

yThe invention further contemplates the provision in a mechanism of the stated character .of various mechanical and structural improvements and novel features,` such for example as a convenient and novel forni of locking gear for engaging or disengaging the vWildcat which may form an elementot the mechanism; a desirable type of internal brake including a novel form of toggle Vactuating lever 5 the provision in electrically-operated. mechanism oif thetyp'e mentioned of lixed,l gudgeons upon which are operatively c mounted the horizontal type gvpsey heads or Wildcats; and novel transmission mechanism between the motor and the gypsey heads or Wildcats.

The invention also resides in a desirable l and novel forinof housing which ma be vae Y 4 4, Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is adetached elevational view illus- -itrating the details of the brake mechanism.

With, reference tothe drawings, the machine in a preferred form comprises acompact substantially Vlo ariel-shaped ,housing 11 having at the bottom a suitable pedestal 2.

Gn the inside and adjacent each end thereor the housing is provided with an inwardly ext-ending annular flange 3, these flanges constituting a means for securing Ain pps;-

tion in the ends of the *housing* end plates, 4 and 5 respectively, which may be secured to the flanges 3 by meansof bolts 10 .orthen like. Each ,of the end plates el and '.5 is provided with an outwardly extending gudgeon 6 which in theillustratedexnbodiment :of the invention constitute horizontal journals Qr Wildcat heads 7 The gudgeons ,6in .each

in stance also constitute a journal for a rota-ry internal gear 8 the hub of which extends outwardly into abutment with the side of the y gypseyheadf?. An operative connection between the gears 8 and the associated Wildcat heads is established in each inst-ance thronghlthe medium of a pair of pins 9 mounted in axial v passagesll in the hub ofthe igea-r and adapted when projected beyond the outer face ci the. said hub to extend into suitablyformed recesses 12 in the gypsey head..V The pins 9, which in Fig. l are shown in lposition uniting the said gear and the Wildcat' head, may be retracted and again advanced no through the medium of a rockingv ring .or disk 13 which is rotatably mounted upon the hub of the gear 8 and which has on its inner face 'cam grooves 14 adapted to receive projections `15 on the respective pins 9, as shown 'in Fig. l. By rotating thislocliing in respect to vthe'gear .8,which may be accom-i plished through the medium of'a suitable lever inserted `in radial apertures 16 in Athe A periphery of the disks, the pins 9 may .be

shifted axially either to connect the gear with its associated Wildcat head or to .dis-

nected with the gear 119 is :a pinion v`22 meshes with a gear 23 secured to a horizontal shaft 24 journaled in bearings 25, 25 in the heads 4 and 5. Each of the outer ends Y of the shaft 24 eXteriorly of the heads 4 and 5 carries a pinion 26 which respectively mesh with the linternal gears 8, as illustrated in Fig. 1. 1t will be apparent, therefore, that the motor 17 constitutes the source of power from which the Wildcats 7, 7 may be acfined on the gudgeon 6 by means in the present instance of a disk 28, the disks Ybeing .mounted in each instance upon the outer reduced extremity 29 of the said gudgeons and being fixed thereon by means in thepresent instance of keys 31, these disks 28 being themselves held in placeY uponthe said eX- tremity 29 by means of plates 32 secured by screws 33 to the end surface of the gudgeon.

As shown in Figjl, the outer faces of the Wildcats 7 are provided in each instance With a transversely projecting annular flan ge 34, the interior face of which constitutes a Y brake drum, a suitable brake being mounted in the space intervening between the disk 28 and the outer face of the Wildcat head and being mounted on thesaid disk 28. The de- 'tails 4of this/brake are shown in Fig. 5, it Vconsisting 1n a preferred form of a pair of Vseinicircular brake shoes pivotally anchored through the medium of a pin 36 projecting inwardly from th-e inner face of the disk 28. Theoth'er end faces of the shoes 35 lie, as clearly illustrated, closely adjacent ,toseac'h other and are separated by a cam 37 a, `rsee vFig. 5, uponone end Vof a pinor shaft 37 which is journaled in the disk 28 and which has attachedY thereto externally of said-disk an arm A38, see Fig. 3, by means of which the said pin 37 may be rotated to actuate the cam l,36. The` cam 37avisadapted to separate the adjacent ends and to thereby-spread apart-the shoes35 which have secured to their outer faces in Well known manner a suitable brake 'lining material which with the eXpansion of the shoes'is brought into frictional `engagement with the inner face of the flange 34. The shoes 35 are normally held in a con- Vtracted relation clear of the brake drum by means of springs 39, 39, as clearly shown in Fig. 5.V

The lever arm 38 is actuated to rotate the shaft r37 to apply the brake as previously described through a bell crank lever 41 pivr^ otallyV mounted at 42 upon the disk 28, one

ieaeae end of this lever 41 having a flat extension 43 constituting a treadle, While the other is Y connected through an ustable link 44With the end of the leverarm 38. The arrangement issuch that the short arm ofthe lever 41 and the link 44 connected thereto constitute in effect a toggle enabling a considerable braking force tobeapplied through the bra-ke mechanism ldescribed above'by a relatively slight pressure upon the'treadle 43.

Each of the Wildcat heads is provided with the usual stripper arm 45 4Whichin the present instance is securedl to a port rim or ring v47 rests upon the top of the boss which constitutes the bearing 51', as illustrated in Fig. l, and the shaft 49 has secured to the inner end thereof a bevel gear 52 which meshes with a bevel pinion 53 on a'sha'ft 54 journaled in the head 5, said shaft having at its outer end a pinion 55 meshing With the internal gear 8 at that end ofthe housing. In this manner, the vertical gypsey head 47 is actuated from the motor 17 which as previously described also actuates the Wildcats. It Will be noted that the housing 1 is so formed at the top as to slope away from the gypsey head towards the ends of thehousinside the extremities thereof the housing is Y made to extend over and protect that portion of thetransmission which lies externally' of the heads 4 and'5.

.In the foregoing mechanism, I'have providedan extremely compact, relatively simple and highly eiicient machine particularly Well adapted by reason of its compact form and unobtrusive appearance for use on yachts and other boats. for this purpose also by reason ,of the Watertight housingl provided for the motorV 17. The simplicity of the 'construction is materially increased by the Vmethod of mounting the horizontal rotary'h'eads upon fixed gudgeons constituting integral parts ofthe end plates 4 and 5 of the housing. A consider- The machine isV desirable able mechanical advantage is also obtained through the use of spur or helical gears fordirectly connecting the horizontal rotary heads with the motor 17.

It will be apparent that the machine is capable of considerable modification without departure from the invention. The same essential construction for example may be used with horizontal gypsey heads replacing the wildcats shown in the illustrated embodiment, and the gypsey at the top of the housing may be replaced, if found desirable, by one or more bollards constituting an integral part, or otherwise, of the housing l.

There may be modification in oth-er details without departure from the invention.

I claim:

l. In a windlass or the like, the combination with a housing, of end plates secured in and closing the ends of said housing, said housing having end portions projecting outwardly beyond said plates, cylindrical extensions on said plates, rotary heads journaled on said extensions, a. motor in the interior of the housing, and transmission gearing connecting the motor with the said rotary heads and including elements located in the space between the housing end plates and said rotary heads and enclosed .by the projecting extremities of the housing.

2. In a windless or like machine, the combination with a substantially cylindrical housing having on the inner side thereof and inwardly of each extremity an annular flange, of end plates secured to said flanges and having gudgeons, projecting outwardly beyond the overhanging ends of said housing, rotary heads journaled on said gudgeons, a motor in the interior of the housing, and transmission gearing connecting said motor with the said rotary heads and including elements located in the space between the housing end plates and the rotary heads and surrounded by the extreme portions of the housing.

3. In a windless or like machine, the combination with an open-ended housing, of a motor mounted in the interior of said housing, housing end plates secured in the opposite ends of the housing and encasing said motor, a shaft j ournaled in the end plates and projecting therethrough, gearing connecting the said shaft with the motor, a rotary head mounted at each end of the housing, and gearing connecting said rotary heads with the outwardly projecting ends of said shaft.

4. In a windlass or like machine, the combination with a housing closed at one end, of an end plate secured in and closing the other end of said housing, an integral gudgeon projecting from said end plate, a rotary head journaled on said gudgeon, a motor mounted in the housing and operatively connected with said rotary head, and a brake cooperative with said rotary head and mounted on said gudgeon.

5. In a windless or like machine, the combination with a housing, of an end plate seand yhaving an outwardly extending -Ahori- `onsaid gudgeon ,a rotaryhead alsojournaled on said gudgeon, means for connecting'said operatively connected with said-gear, amotor mounted in the interior of the housing, and transmission mechanism connecting :the motor with said-internal gear.

-cured in andclosing one end of the housing i `zontal gudgeon, an internal gear `journaled `gea-r and head, a vertical yrotary .head .mounted on the top of saidhousing and also 6. In a windlassorlike'machine, the `co-m-l bination with a housing, of anend platejsecured in and closing one end ofthe'housing and having an loutwardly extending horizontal gudgeon, a gear j ournaled on said gudgeon, av rotary head also journaled on said gudgeon, and means for operatively connecting and disconnecting said gear and head vincluding an element journaled concentrically upon said gear.

7. In a windlass or like machine, the combination with a housing, of an end plate secured in and closing one end of the housing and havinof an outwardly extending hori-` zontal gu geon, a gear journaled on said gudgeon within the end of said housing, a rotary head also journaled on said gudgeon and A spaced from the end of said housing, and manually-actuated means projecting into the 'space between the end of the housing and the rotary head for operatively connecting and disconnecting the said head with the Gear. j Q 8. In a windlass or like'machine, the combmation with a housing, of an end plate secured in and closing one end of the housing and having Aan outwardly extending hori-` zontal gudgeon, an internal gear journaled on said gudgeon adjacent the end plate, a rotary head also journaled on said gudgeon, revleasable means for connecting said gear and head, a vertical rotary head mounted on the top of said housing, a motor mounted in the ing member j ournaled concentrically on said gear, and a cam connection betweensaidmember and the locking element for adjusting the element to connect and disconnect the gear and the said head, a motor in said housing,

and transmission means connecting the motor with said gear.

10. In a windlass or the like, the combinas tion with a substantially Cylindrical 'hous- Ving, of end plates securedy in and closing the ends of'said housing,.said housing having `endportions projecting outwardly nloeyond 5 said plates, cylindrical extensions on said v plates7 rotary heads journaled on said eXten- 1 sions, a motor in the interior of the housing,

and transmission gearing connecting the Inotorwith the said rotary heads and including y l@ elements looth interior and exterior or the end platesthe exterior elements being located Within the space between the end plates and lsaid rotary headsand being enclosed by the 151 projecting extremities of thev housing.

HERBERT ALLEN PECK.

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